Towel cabinet



I June 1 6, -1931., G. A..STEINER ETAL TOWEL CABINET Filed March 16, 1925 s [Til 67. 2 02; 6EOR6E/1fTE/NE/i MURDO 7-111 GEORGE Mama's/r1 3 ML uggl Ji M Patented June 16,1931

iorrice GEORGE ADOLPH s i mna SALT iry. whee ie (il 3613 wAsiLESK AND WILLIAM MURDO; OFCHICAGQ, ILLINQISQASSIGNQRS,TQ .S'EEENEB sALESGQM ANY.

saw LA E CITY, tune CORP-QBATION 91* UTAH] TOWEL cez'eilnnr 7 Application filed-March "16, 1925; Serial-1T0. 15,881.

V The object of our inventionis to provide improved means for limiting the delivery of a towel. web tothe user, the web being released by the person desiring to use the towel and the feed .015 the web being automatically checked when a predetermined lengthjhas been delivered. 1 f

A further objectis' to provide a simple inexpensiveitowel feed control which can be easily manipulated and willpositively perform its functions under all conditions of use. i

from the following detailed description.-

The invention consists generally in variou's constructions and combinations all as hereinafter describedand particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

In the'accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view 7 through a towel cabinet with our invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 1s a front elevation of the cabinet with a portion of the door broken away showing the position ofthe rolls therein;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-8 of'Figure-Q; v p I Figure 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the action of the feed limiting device during rotation of one of the feed rollers;

Figure 5 is a similar view illustrating how the user may trip the feed limiting device to permit delivery ofa length of towel.

In the drawings, 2 represents the side walls of the cabinet, 3 a plate in the bottom'thereof and 4' a door through which access may be had to the interior of the cabinet. 5

and 6 represent the towel rollson which .40

the web of towel is wound and 7 and 8' are the feed rolls having preferably sanded sur faces and adaptedto engage the towel rolls to impart a synchronous movement thereto to feed a clean length of towel and wind up a corresponding length of-lsoiled towel. The feed rollers iave a driving connection between thenr as indicatedby dotted lines in Figure 1 and the towel rolls are mounted in the cabinet to rest by gravity respectively; upon these feed rolls; The clean web of towel Other objects of the invention will appear 1 opening in a plate 11; mountedin the door'of will pull out more clean towel thanhe needs and there will be a e que t unn e sary wasteefethe clean towel. W'Io remedy this difi ty ii-t e use ofat w l b net, e. provide; a button or disk fitting within an e cabinet and in he r of this bu t disk, we prim d a plungerm s id bl ina 1 gu 13 an n mal y h ld g t nward movement by the tensionof asuitable spring 14. We preferalso to provide a recess 15' i the r ar the bu t n lOand. ampl si h' spr hg l6 interpose li e e n the tton "and he b ttom e the ecess Q-eid in hol ing the 'rlunge ts? nward position and th butt n flash ith th ou r ace 0 th r-; The plunger ishrmng d to move hor z n llyt ardendfrom th feed roll 7 a d ieecl rollha a t ns s cket 17 ormed therein in wh ch a bo t .8 is l da y'm un ed," Theboltis providedwith a wide annu-. ar-gro e 1. o eceives pi 2 moun edin the wallot hev chet, said pin a wing d bolt to rotatefreely thereon but contacting w th the walls o the g oov and-l m ting t wh m-sea in movem nt f e bolt in h s cket; Iheeoeket preferably has a suit ebl b ls ingfll in hi hthepin' 20 is mount- M s i i bush ng a ming a smo h earing s rface f r th bo t" an al ow ng t e l de f elyjiln bot direc i n In t rotfltibn 9f. the feed roll,.the boltgwill slide down to the positionsho'wn' in Figure and thereafter withthe rotation of the feedroll the projecting end of the bolt will contact with a stop 252 and thereby *the revolution of the feed roll and the-towel rol'ls'will be checked. i This checking position ofthebolt, as indicated in Figure 5,,wwill' be in alignment with the p1unger12and whenthe user places a finger onth'e b t on 1-0 andp ssesin the.pil11 ger,

heholtwiw pushed-in to the position I shown in Figure 5, and thereupon the user slide down in the socket of the feed roll and,

be in position to contact with the stop 22 and positively prevent a second revolutionfof the feed roll until the plunger is again actuated and the bolt released. With this device, therefore, we are able to positively control the feed of the clean towel. The single movement of the plunger will release the locking bolt and it will automatically return to its locking position as the feed roll is revolved, the bolt sliding by gravity in the socket and its end projecting from the roll a sufficient distance to contact with the stop 22 and check a second revolution of the feed roll without any further attention on the part of the user of the cabinet. It will always be necessary forthe user to remove the finger from the plunger and allow it to return to its normal position before the bolt can be tripped a second time. It will not, therefore, avail the user anything to keep the finger on the button and hold the plunger at the limit of its inward movement. It must me released and the bolt allowed to become aligned with the plunger before the tripping or releasing operation can be repeated.

Weclaim as our invention:

1. The combination with a towel cabinet feed roll having a transverse socket therein, and a pin mounted in said socket, of a bolt slidable in said socket and having an annular groove to receive the end of said pin, said bolt having freedom of rotation on said pin but having a limited longitudinal movement, one end of said bolt being projected beyond said feed roll duringits rotation, a stop in the path of said projected end and a spring pressed plunger mounted'to engage said bolt and move it from a projected to its retracted releasing position.

2. The combination in a towel cabinet, of a roller and a lock therefor, said lock comprising a stop and a freely slidable gravity-actuated bolt associated with, and extending diametrically of said roller, and means under said stop to force the said bolt out of contact with the said stop whereby the roller may be vice mounted on said casing under said stop for releasing said bolt from said stop.

4. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a feed controlling roller mounted in said casing, a freely slidable bolt carried by said roller, means for permitting said bolt to be projected outwardly from the surface of said roller, a stop mounted on said casing in the path of said bolt when the latter is in projected position and a releasing device mounted under said stop for disengaging said bolt from said sto 5 In a towel cabinet, the combination of a roller and a locking device therefor, said locking device comprising a stop member and a freely slidable, gravity actuated bolt carried by said roller and extending diametricall thereof, the said stop being so positioned wit respect to the path of the projected bolt that when the said bolt contacts with the same the said bolt will be in a substantially horizontal position, and means to retract the said bolt out of contact with the said stop, the substantially horizontal position of the bolt when the roller is in'stopped position insuring a retracted condition of. the bolt when said bolt retracting means is released.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, GEORGE A. STEINER, this 5th day of March 1925, and GEORGE WASILESKI and WILLIAM Munoo, this 9th day of March 1925.

GEORGE ADOLPH STEINER. GEORGE WASILESKI. WILLIAM MURDO.

turned, and the bolt dropped by gravity to locking position.

3.- A towel cabinet comprising acasing, a feed controlling roller mounted in said casing, the said roller carrying a freely slidable bolt, means for permitting said bolt to be pro jected outwardly from the surface of said roller, a stop mounted on said casing in the path of said bolt when the latter is in projectedposition, and a slidable releasing de- 

